Goodman’s straightforward style calls to mind the work of Laura Ingalls Wilder, and provides the action that beginning chapter-book readers require…a great stepping stone for readers not quite ready for the “Dear America” or “My Name Is America” series. -School Library Journal

FUN FACTS:

The type of fire Cora and her father encountered was not unusual in tall grass prairies. Once dry grass began to burn, fires swept the prairie in a solid wall, sometimes 20 feet high. They usually kept going until they reached a river they couldn’t cross, and then died out.